A severe weather warning is also in place for parts of southeastern NSW for Tuesday afternoon, including Wollongong and Goulburn.

“Vigorous westerly winds are being experienced in the wake of a cold front, reinforced by a trough passing to the south today,” the bureau said.

“Winds of averaging 55 to 65km/h and with peak gusts reaching around 90km/h, are possible over.

A blustery Sydney has seen gusts of almost 70km/h on Tuesday morning at the airport and Penrith in the city’s west. A gust of 83km/h was recorded at Mt Boyce in the Blue Mountains.

While the temperature in the city was 15.2C at 11.30am, the chill winds brought the apparent or ‘feels like’ temperature down to just 5.7C.

It’s a similar situation in southeast South Australia with a severe weather warning in place for gusty winds in a stretch from Port Lincoln to Kangaroo Island and Mt Gambier. Showers could well hit a windy Adelaide.

Tasmania is also in the firing line with a severe weather warning for gusts of up to 100km/h across the north coast for late Tuesday and into Wednesday morning.

The best of the weather will be Brisbane which will see sun and 23C. But expect showers in Perth and a high of 18C. Darwin will reach 33C on a sunny day.